The American Conservative Union (ACU) released their congressional ratings for 2012 a little more than a week ago. Let's take a look at their findings.
In the U.S. Senate, the seven senators receiving perfect scores from the ACU were:
-Ron Johnson of Wisconsin (R)
-Jon Kyl of Arizona (R)
-Mike Lee of Utah (R)
-Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both of Kentucky (both R)
-Marco Rubio of Florida (R)
-Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania (R)
These scores were based on 25 separate votes. The list of votes can be found here.
It's interesting to note that five of the seven were first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. The GOP may have dropped the ball in a few races that year, but they certainly managed to elect some truly principled conservatives in that cycle.
The House Of Representatives featured 34 members who had "perfect" ACU scores, which were also judged based on 25 votes. Those members are:
-Michele Bachmann of Minnesota (R)
-Diane Black of Tennessee (R)
-Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee (R)
-Paul Broun of Georgia (R)
-Dan Burton of Indiana (R)
-Mike Conaway of Texas (R)
-Jeff Duncan of South Carolina (R)
-Jeff Flake of Arizona (R)
-John C. Fleming of Louisiana (R)
-Bill Flores of Texas (R)
-Trent Franks of Arizona (R)
-Scott Garrett of New Jersey (R)
-Trey Gowdy of South Carolina (R)
-Tom Graves of Georgia (R)
-Wally Herger of California (R)
-Duncan D. Hunter of California (R)
-Lynn Jenkins of Kansas (R)
-Jim Jordan of Ohio (R)
-Jeff Landry of Louisiana (R)
-Randy Neugebauer of Texas (R)
-Pete Olson of Texas (R)
-Mike Pompeo of Kansas (R)
-Bill Posey of Florida (R)
-Tom Price of Georgia (R)
-Ben Quayle of Arizona (R)
-Todd Rokita of Indiana (R)
-Ed Royce of California (R)
-Steve Scalise of Louisiana (R)
-David Schweikert of Arizona (R)
-Tim Scott of South Carolina (R)
-Cliff Stearns of Florida (R)
-Marlin Stutzman of Indiana (R)
-Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia (R)
-Joe Wilson of South Carolina (R)
What's most interesting here is the geographical breakdown. Only 13 of the 50 states are represented here: Minnesota (1), Tennessee (2), Georgia (4), Indiana (3), Texas (4), Florida (2), Kansas (2), California (3), Arizona (4), Louisiana (3), New Jersey (1), South Carolina (4), and Ohio (1). Six of the 13 states (and 19 of the 34 Representatives) are in the South. Of the remaining 15, only one is in the Northeast, seven are in the Midwest, and seven are in the West.
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